PT-2016-6378 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2015-06-03 · Updated 2020-08-04 · CVE-2016-5344

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 3.x

Description The issue is related to multiple integer overflows in the MDSS driver, which can be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This is achieved by providing a large size value, and it is related to the files mdss compat utils.c, mdss fb.c, and mdss rotator.c.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 3.x, update to a version that includes the fix for the integer overflows in the MDSS driver.

Fix

DoS

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1485

ALT-PU-2015-1849

CVE-2016-5344

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 9

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5344 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5344 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5344 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.18/commit/?id=1d2297267c24f2c44bd0ecb244ddb8bc880a29b7 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5344 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92695 · Note
• https://codeaurora.org/integer-overflow-mdss-driver-cve-2016-5344 · Note